| declare | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ plead | enter a plea, as in courts of law.; "She pleaded not guilty" |
| ~ profess | confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist" |
| ~ condemn | declare or judge unfit for use or habitation.; "The building was condemned by the inspector" |
| ~ hallow, sanctify, bless, consecrate | render holy by means of religious rites. |
| ~ answer for, account | furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.; "I can't account for the missing money" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| ~ promise, assure | make a promise or commitment. |
| ~ promise | promise to undertake or give.; "I promise you my best effort" |
| ~ take the fifth, take the fifth amendment | refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself. |
| ~ sentence, doom, condemn | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" |
| ~ promulgate, exclaim, proclaim | state or announce.; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ profess | state freely.; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades" |
| ~ avow, swan, affirm, assert, aver, swear, verify | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.; "Before God I swear I am innocent" |
| ~ depone, depose, swear | make a deposition; declare under oath. |
| ~ take the stand, testify, bear witness, attest | give testimony in a court of law. |
| ~ decree | issue a decree.; "The King only can decree" |
| ~ animadvert, opine, sound off, speak out, speak up | express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation.; "John spoke up at the meeting" |
| ~ count out | declare the loser. |
| 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. declare | state firmly.; "He declared that he was innocent" |
| ~ avow, swan, affirm, assert, aver, swear, verify | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.; "Before God I swear I am innocent" |
| v. (communication) | 4. adjudge, declare, hold | declare to be.; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ acknowledge, admit | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
| ~ superannuate | declare to be obsolete. |
| ~ bastardise, bastardize | declare a child to be illegitimate. |
| ~ certify | declare legally insane. |
| ~ call | declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee.; "call a runner out" |
| ~ beatify | declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood.; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" |
| ~ canonize, canonise, saint | declare (a dead person) to be a saint.; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" |
| ~ pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on.; "They labeled him unfit to work here" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| ~ formalise, formalize | make formal or official.; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title" |
| v. (social) | 5. declare | authorize payments of.; "declare dividends" |
| ~ authorize, authorise, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| v. (possession) | 6. declare | designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand. |
| ~ bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players. |
| ~ play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game.; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" |
| v. (communication) | 7. declare | make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official.; "Do you have anything to declare?" |
| ~ 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) | 8. declare | proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against.; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast" |
| ~ promulgate, exclaim, proclaim | state or announce.; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" |
| disclose | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (perception) | 2. disclose, expose | disclose to view as by removing a cover.; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" |
| ~ face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| ~ bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil | make visible.; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" |
| state | | |
| n. (location) | 1. province, state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south" |
| ~ administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes. |
| ~ commonwealth | the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico). |
| ~ country, land, state | the territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
| ~ eparchy | a province in ancient Greece. |
| ~ american state | one of the 50 states of the United States. |
| ~ guangdong, guangdong province, kwangtung | a province in southern China. |
| ~ gansu, gansu province, kansu | a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia. |
| ~ hebei, hebei province, hopeh, hopei | a populous province in northeastern China. |
| ~ hunan, hunan province | a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources. |
| ~ sichuan, szechuan, szechwan, szechwan province | a populous province of south central China. |
| ~ yunnan, yunnan province | a province of southern China. |
| ~ sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region | an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people. |
| ~ inner mongolia, nei monggol | an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911. |
| ~ yucatan | a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. |
| ~ campeche | a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche. |
| ~ chihuahua | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau. |
| ~ coahuila | a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau. |
| ~ quintana roo | a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula. |
| ~ tabasco | a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche. |
| ~ lower saxony | a state in northwestern Germany. |
| ~ bavaria | a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory. |
| ~ italian region | Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes. |
| ~ kosovo | a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians. |
| ~ bosnia | the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
| ~ canadian province | Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes. |
| ~ australian state | one of the several states constituting Australia. |
| ~ tirol, tyrol | a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy. |
| ~ assam | state in northeastern India. |
| ~ karnataka, mysore | state in southern India; formerly Mysore. |
| ~ manipur | state in northeastern India. |
| ~ andhra pradesh | a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal. |
| ~ bihar | a state of northeastern India. |
| ~ goa | a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony. |
| ~ gujarat, gujerat | an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay. |
| ~ madras, tamil nadu | a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras. |
| ~ uttar pradesh | a state in northern India. |
| ~ orissa | state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. |
| ~ west bengal | a state in eastern India. |
| ~ indonesian borneo, kalimantan | the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo. |
| ~ friesland | one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands. |
| ~ orange free state, free state | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997. |
| ~ transvaal | a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers. |
| ~ cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape province | a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa. |
| ~ cape of good hope | a province of western South Africa. |
| ~ soviet socialist republic | one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991). |
| ~ abkhazia, abkhaz | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability. |
| ~ adzhar, adzharia | an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea. |
| ~ buganda | a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom. |
| n. (tops) | 2. state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ skillfulness | the state of being cognitively skillful. |
| ~ cleavage | the state of being split or cleft.; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members" |
| ~ medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position.; "a happy medium" |
| ~ ornamentation | the state of being ornamented. |
| ~ condition | a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.; "the human condition" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ conditionality | the state of being conditional. |
| ~ ground state | (physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle. |
| ~ nationhood | the state of being a nation. |
| ~ situation, state of affairs | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation" |
| ~ relationship | a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).; "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship" |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| ~ tribalism | the state of living together in tribes. |
| ~ utopia | ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects. |
| ~ dystopia | state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. |
| ~ natural state, state of nature, wild | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization.; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" |
| ~ isomerism | the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers. |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| ~ office, power | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power.; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ nonbeing | the state of not being. |
| ~ death | the absence of life or state of being dead.; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life" |
| ~ employ, employment | the state of being employed or having a job.; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" |
| ~ unemployment | the state of being unemployed or not having a job.; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" |
| ~ order | established customary state (especially of society).; "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" |
| ~ disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order. |
| ~ antagonism, enmity, hostility | a state of deep-seated ill-will. |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| ~ illumination | the degree of visibility of your environment. |
| ~ freedom | the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. |
| ~ delegacy, agency, representation | the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent. |
| ~ dependence, dependency, dependance | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. |
| ~ motion | a state of change.; "they were in a state of steady motion" |
| ~ lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness | a state of no motion or movement.; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" |
| ~ dead letter, non-issue | the state of something that has outlived its relevance. |
| ~ activeness, action, activity | the state of being active.; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ temporary state | a state that continues for a limited time. |
| ~ forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency | the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon. |
| ~ preparedness, readiness, preparation | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action).; "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate" |
| ~ state of flux, flux | a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action.; "the flux following the death of the emperor" |
| ~ kalemia | the presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood. |
| ~ enlargement | the state of being enlarged. |
| ~ separation | the state of lacking unity. |
| ~ unification, union | the state of being joined or united or linked.; "there is strength in union" |
| ~ matureness, maturity | state of being mature; full development. |
| ~ immatureness, immaturity | not having reached maturity. |
| ~ grace, saving grace, state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence.; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" |
| ~ eternal damnation, damnation | the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell. |
| ~ omniscience | the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge. |
| ~ omnipotence | the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power. |
| ~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | the state of being without a flaw or defect. |
| ~ integrity, unity, wholeness | an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting.; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" |
| ~ imperfection, imperfectness | the state or an instance of being imperfect. |
| ~ receivership | the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver.; "the business is in receivership" |
| ~ ownership | the state or fact of being an owner. |
| ~ obligation | the state of being obligated to do or pay something.; "he is under an obligation to finish the job" |
| ~ destruction, end, death | a final state.; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| ~ annulment, revocation | the state of being cancelled or annulled. |
| ~ merchantability | the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold. |
| ~ turgor | (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane. |
| ~ homozygosity | the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene. |
| ~ heterozygosity | the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene. |
| ~ neotony | the state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species. |
| ~ plurality | the state of being plural.; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable" |
| ~ polyvalence, polyvalency | (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism. |
| ~ multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency | (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two. |
| ~ paternity | the state of being a father.; "tests were conducted to determine paternity" |
| ~ utilization | the state of having been made use of.; "the rate of utilization" |
| n. (group) | 3. state | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state.; "the state has lowered its income tax" |
| ~ authorities, government, regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" |
| ~ soviets | the government of the Soviet Union.; "the Soviets said they wanted to increase trade with Europe" |
| ~ welfare state | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.. |
| n. (group) | 4. body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | a politically organized body of people under a single government.; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" |
| ~ commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically. |
| ~ dominion | one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ estate of the realm, the three estates, estate | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights. |
| ~ foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen.; "working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to" |
| ~ reich | the German state. |
| ~ renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state | a state that does not respect other states in its international actions. |
| ~ suzerain | a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs. |
| ~ sea power | a nation that possesses formidable naval strength. |
| ~ great power, major power, superpower, world power, power | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. |
| ~ city-state, city state | a state consisting of a sovereign city. |
| ~ ally | a friendly nation. |
| ~ political entity, political unit | a unit with political responsibilities. |
| ~ eelam, tamil eelam | the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for. |
| n. (state) | 5. state, state of matter | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container).; "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ chemical phenomenon | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules). |
| ~ phase, form | (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary.; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system" |
| ~ liquid state, liquidity, liquidness, liquid | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. |
| ~ solid state, solidness, solid | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape. |
| ~ gas, gaseous state | the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container. |
| ~ plasma | (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons.; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma" |
| n. (state) | 6. state | a state of depression or agitation.; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ emotional state, spirit | the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection).; "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
| n. (location) | 7. country, land, state | the territory occupied by a nation.; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" |
| ~ administrative district, administrative division, territorial division | a district defined for administrative purposes. |
| ~ banana republic | a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas). |
| ~ country of origin, fatherland, homeland, mother country, motherland, native land | the country where you were born. |
| ~ buffer country, buffer state | a small neutral state between two rival powers. |
| ~ department | the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France). |
| ~ demesne, domain, land | territory over which rule or control is exercised.; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" |
| ~ midland | the interior part of a country. |
| ~ kingdom | a country with a king as head of state. |
| ~ province, state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south" |
| ~ tax haven | a country or independent region where taxes are low. |
| ~ european country, european nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent. |
| ~ african country, african nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent. |
| ~ asian country, asian nation | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent. |
| ~ south american country, south american nation | any one of the countries occupying the South American continent. |
| ~ north american country, north american nation | any country on the North American continent. |
| ~ antigua and barbuda | a country in the northern Leeward Islands. |
| ~ cape verde, republic of cape verde | an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal. |
| ~ democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, sri lanka, ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948. |
| ~ comoros, federal islamic republic of the comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands. |
| ~ cuba, republic of cuba | a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba. |
| ~ haiti, republic of haiti | a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere. |
| ~ dominican republic | a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. |
| ~ jamaica | a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism. |
| ~ barbados | a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area. |
| ~ republic of trinidad and tobago, trinidad and tobago | an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. |
| ~ cyprus, republic of cyprus | a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin. |
| ~ commonwealth of dominica, dominica | a country on the island of Dominica. |
| ~ east timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation. |
| ~ fiji, republic of fiji | an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands. |
| ~ israel, state of israel, yisrael, sion, zion | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. |
| ~ etruria | an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC. |
| ~ australia, commonwealth of australia | a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony. |
| ~ federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt | a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986. |
| ~ marshall islands, republic of the marshall islands | a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands. |
| ~ tuvalu | a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978. |
| ~ kiribati, republic of kiribati | an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator. |
| ~ nauru, republic of nauru | an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy. |
| ~ independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea | a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| ~ bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas | island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort. |
| ~ sultanate | country or territory ruled by a sultan. |
| ~ burkina faso, upper volta | a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960. |
| ~ dutch east indies, indonesia, republic of indonesia | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions. |
| ~ grenada | an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ maldives, republic of maldives | a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965. |
| ~ malta, republic of malta | a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964. |
| ~ mauritius, republic of mauritius | a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius. |
| ~ new zealand | an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery. |
| ~ palau, republic of palau, tt | a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States. |
| ~ philippines, republic of the philippines | a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946. |
| ~ federation of saint kitts and nevis, saint christopher-nevis, saint kitts and nevis, st. christopher-nevis, st. kitts and nevis | a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983. |
| ~ saint lucia, st. lucia | a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979. |
| ~ saint vincent and the grenadines, st. vincent and the grenadines | an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. |
| ~ independent state of samoa, samoa, samoa i sisifo, western samoa | a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. |
| ~ democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe | island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves. |
| ~ republic of seychelles, seychelles | a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976. |
| ~ solomon islands | the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ rus | the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev. |
| ~ russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. |
| ~ russian federation, russia | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state. |
| ~ ukraine, ukrayina | a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century. |
| ~ turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmen | a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991. |
| ~ friendly islands, kingdom of tonga, tonga | a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. |
| ~ republic of turkey, turkey | a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923. |
| ~ new hebrides, republic of vanuatu, vanuatu | a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980. |
| n. (group) | 8. department of state, dos, state, state department, united states department of state | the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies.; "the Department of State was created in 1789" |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| ~ foggy bottom | United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River. |
| ~ bureau of diplomatic security, ds | the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas. |
| ~ foreign service | the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world. |
| ~ bureau of intelligence and research, inr | an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community. |
| v. (communication) | 9. 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" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ misstate | state something incorrectly.; "You misstated my position" |
| ~ answer, reply, respond | react verbally.; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" |
| ~ preface, premise, precede, introduce | furnish with a preface or introduction.; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| ~ announce, declare | announce publicly or officially.; "The President declared war" |
| ~ enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, articulate | express or state clearly. |
| ~ say | state as one's opinion or judgement; declare.; "I say let's forget this whole business" |
| ~ get out | express with difficulty.; "I managed to get out a few words" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ declare | make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official.; "Do you have anything to declare?" |
| ~ note, remark, mention, observe | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ add, append, supply | state or say further.; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" |
| ~ explain | define.; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| ~ sum, summarise, sum up, summarize | be a summary of.; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" |
| v. (communication) | 10. posit, put forward, state, submit | put before.; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (communication) | 11. express, state | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ vote | express a choice or opinion.; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant" |
| ~ vote | express one's choice or preference by vote.; "vote the Democratic ticket" |
| report | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. report, study, written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group.; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
| ~ assay | a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance. |
| ~ case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. |
| ~ white book, white paper | a government report; bound in white. |
| ~ blue book | a report published by the British government; bound in blue. |
| ~ green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion. |
| ~ progress report | a report of work accomplished during a specified time period. |
| ~ position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy. |
| ~ medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient. |
| n. (communication) | 2. account, report | the act of informing by verbal report.; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" |
| ~ summarisation, summarization | the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly. |
| ~ indirect discourse | a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'" |
| ~ direct discourse, direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,.; "he said `I am a fool'" |
| ~ making known, informing | a speech act that conveys information. |
| ~ megillah | (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account.; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" |
| ~ debriefing | report of a mission or task. |
| ~ anecdote | short account of an incident (especially a biographical one). |
| ~ recital, yarn, narration | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events.; "his narration was hesitant" |
| ~ scuttlebutt, gossip, comment | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip" |
| n. (communication) | 3. account, news report, report, story, write up | a short account of the news.; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" |
| ~ news | information reported in a newspaper or news magazine.; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" |
| ~ newsletter, newssheet | report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group. |
| ~ bulletin | a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast). |
| ~ communique, despatch, dispatch | an official report (usually sent in haste). |
| ~ urban legend | a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true. |
| ~ exclusive, scoop | a news report that is reported first by one news organization.; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" |
| n. (event) | 4. report | a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing).; "they heard a violent report followed by silence" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (communication) | 5. report, report card | a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment.; "his father signed his report card" |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| n. (communication) | 6. composition, paper, report, theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment).; "he got an A on his composition" |
| ~ essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition. |
| ~ term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. report, reputation | the general estimation that the public has for a person.; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" |
| ~ estimation, estimate | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| v. (communication) | 8. account, describe, report | to give an account or representation of in words.; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 9. 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" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 10. report | announce one's presence.; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock" |
| ~ check in, sign in | announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports. |
| ~ check out | announce one's departure from a hotel. |
| ~ clock off, clock out, punch out | register one's departure from work. |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 11. report | make known to the authorities.; "One student reported the other to the principal" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 12. cover, report | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ cover | maintain a check on; especially by patrolling.; "The second officer covered the top floor" |
| v. (communication) | 13. report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| statement | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ sum-up, summary | a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form.; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" |
| ~ pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ amendment | a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.). |
| ~ thing | a statement regarded as an object.; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" |
| ~ true statement, truth | a true statement.; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" |
| ~ description, verbal description | a statement that represents something in words. |
| ~ declaration | a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written). |
| ~ announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration | a formal public statement.; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" |
| ~ bill of rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution). |
| ~ formula | a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle. |
| ~ mathematical statement | a statement of a mathematical relation. |
| ~ bidding, bid | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. |
| ~ word | a brief statement.; "he didn't say a word about it" |
| ~ explanation, account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| ~ explanandum, explicandum | (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained. |
| ~ explanans | (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises. |
| ~ value statement | a statement of the desirability of something. |
| ~ representation | a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting.; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality" |
| ~ answer, result, solution, solvent, resolution | a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" |
| ~ answer, reply, response | a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" |
| ~ promulgation, announcement | a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English" |
| ~ forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication | a statement made about the future. |
| ~ proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. |
| ~ quotation | a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity. |
| ~ falsehood, untruth, falsity | a false statement. |
| ~ understatement | a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said. |
| ~ reservation, qualification | a statement that limits or restricts some claim.; "he recommended her without any reservations" |
| ~ cautious statement | a statement made with careful qualifications. |
| ~ commentary, comment | a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" |
| ~ comment, remark, input | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ rhetorical question | a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered.; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions" |
| ~ misstatement | a statement that contains a mistake. |
| ~ restatement | a revised statement. |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| ~ term, condition | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement.; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" |
| ~ estimate | a statement indicating the likely cost of some job.; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop" |
| ~ chemical formula, formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements. |
| ~ representation | a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract.; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor" |
| ~ declaration | a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties. |
| ~ assurance | a statement intended to inspire confidence.; "the President's assurances were not respected" |
| ~ recital | a detailed statement giving facts and figures.; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities" |
| ~ negation | a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement. |
| n. (communication) | 2. argument, statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" |
| ~ evidence | an indication that makes something evident.; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" |
| ~ proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it. |
| ~ counterargument | an argument offered in opposition to another argument. |
| ~ pro | an argument in favor of a proposal. |
| ~ con | an argument opposed to a proposal. |
| ~ case | a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument.; "he stated his case clearly" |
| ~ clincher, determiner, determining factor | an argument that is conclusive. |
| ~ adducing | citing as evidence or proof. |
| ~ last word | the final statement in a verbal argument.; "she always gets the last word" |
| ~ specious argument | an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious. |
| n. (communication) | 3. statement | (music) the presentation of a musical theme.; "the initial statement of the sonata" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ augmentation | the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original). |
| ~ diminution | the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original). |
| n. (communication) | 4. statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| n. (communication) | 5. affirmation, assertion, statement | the act of affirming or asserting or stating something. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ say-so | one chap's arbitrary assertion. |
| n. (communication) | 6. command, instruction, program line, statement | (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ computer code, code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ call | an instruction that interrupts the program being executed.; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be executed" |
| ~ command line | commands that a user types in order to run an application. |
| ~ link | (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list. |
| ~ macro, macro instruction | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language. |
| ~ system error | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules. |
| ~ toggle | any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time. |
| n. (communication) | 7. financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ commercial document, commercial instrument | a document of or relating to commerce. |
| ~ bank statement | a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client.; "I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month" |
| ~ invoice, bill, account | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered.; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" |
| ~ account statement, accounting, account | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance.; "they send me an accounting every month" |
| ~ earnings report, income statement, operating statement, profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period. |
| version | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. version | an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint.; "his version of the fight was different from mine" |
| ~ approximation | an imprecise or incomplete account.; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events" |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. edition, variant, variation, version | something a little different from others of the same type.; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
| n. (communication) | 3. adaptation, version | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form.; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" |
| ~ piece of writing, written material, writing | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect).; "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" |
| ~ modernization | a modernized version (as of a play). |
| ~ versification | a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text). |
| n. (communication) | 4. interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language. |
| ~ mistranslation | an incorrect translation. |
| ~ crib, pony, trot | a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). |
| ~ retroversion | translation back into the original language.; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" |
| ~ subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| ~ supertitle, surtitle | translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage. |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. interpretation, reading, version | a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ reinterpretation | a new or different meaning. |
| ~ anagoge | a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture). |
| n. (act) | 6. version | manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery). |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| account | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. account, chronicle, history, story | a record or narrative description of past events.; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" |
| ~ history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings.; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" |
| ~ ancient history | a history of the ancient world. |
| ~ etymology | a history of a word. |
| ~ case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment. |
| ~ historical document, historical paper, historical record | writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.). |
| ~ chronological record, annals | a chronological account of events in successive years. |
| ~ biography, life history, life story, life | an account of the series of events making up a person's life. |
| ~ record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" |
| ~ recital | a detailed account or description of something.; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings" |
| n. (state) | 2. account, business relationship | a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services.; "he asked to see the executive who handled his account" |
| ~ brokerage account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage.; "you can't get a brokerage account unless you have $20,000" |
| ~ bank account | a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals.; "he moved his bank account to a new bank" |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| ~ short account | a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own). |
| n. (communication) | 3. account, explanation | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ explanandum, explicandum | (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained. |
| ~ explanans | (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises. |
| ~ simplification | an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity. |
| ~ accounting | a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes.; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions" |
| ~ reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" |
| ~ justification | a statement in explanation of some action or belief. |
| ~ exposition | an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse.; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background" |
| ~ explication | a detailed explanation of the meaning of something. |
| ~ gloss, rubric | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. |
| ~ deriving, etymologizing, derivation | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase. |
| ~ definition | a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol. |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| ~ walk-through | a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process.; "she gave me a walk-through of my new duties" |
| n. (motive) | 4. account, score | grounds.; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" |
| ~ reason, ground | a rational motive for a belief or action.; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. account | importance or value.; "a person of considerable account"; "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| n. (possession) | 6. account, account statement, accounting | a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance.; "they send me an accounting every month" |
| ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ capital account | (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date. |
| ~ capital account | (economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities. |
| ~ profit and loss, profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss. |
| ~ suspense account | an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification. |
| ~ balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. |
| ~ expense account, travel and entertainment account | an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses. |
| n. (communication) | 7. account, bill, invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered.; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" |
| ~ financial statement, statement | a document showing credits and debits. |
| ~ electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used. |
| ~ hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel. |
| ~ doctor's bill, medical bill | statement of charges for medical services. |
| ~ phone bill, telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service. |
| ~ reckoning, tally | a bill for an amount due. |
| ~ tax bill | money owed for taxes. |
| ~ tab, chit, check | the bill in a restaurant.; "he asked the waiter for the check" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. account | the quality of taking advantage.; "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| ~ gain, profit | the advantageous quality of being beneficial. |
| v. (stative) | 9. account | be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something.; "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam" |
| ~ 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. (possession) | 10. account, calculate | keep an account of. |
| ~ credit | accounting: enter as credit.; "We credit your account with $100" |
| ~ balance | compute credits and debits of an account. |
| ~ overbalance | cause to be off balance.; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget" |
| ~ debit | enter as debit. |
| ~ compound | calculate principal and interest. |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| v. (communication) | 11. account, answer for | furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.; "I can't account for the missing money" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| narrate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| v. (communication) | 2. narrate, recite, recount, tell | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" |
| ~ crack | tell spontaneously.; "crack a joke" |
| ~ yarn | tell or spin a yarn. |
| ~ rhapsodise, rhapsodize | recite a rhapsody. |
| recite | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. declaim, recite | recite in elocution. |
| ~ elocute | declaim in an elocutionary manner.; "The poet elocuted beautifully" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| ~ perorate | deliver an oration in grandiloquent style. |
| ~ scan | read metrically.; "scan verses" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| v. (communication) | 2. recite | repeat aloud from memory.; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" |
| ~ spell, spell out | orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of.; "How do you spell this word?"; "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" |
| ~ say | recite or repeat a fixed text.; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'" |
| ~ rattle down, rattle off, roll off, spiel off, reel off | recite volubly or extravagantly.; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" |
| ~ count | name or recite the numbers in ascending order.; "The toddler could count to 100" |
| ~ echo, repeat | to say again or imitate.; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" |
| v. (creation) | 3. recite, retell | render verbally,.; "recite a poem"; "retell a story" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| v. (communication) | 4. enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite | specify individually.; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" |
| ~ list, name | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.; "List the states west of the Mississippi" |
| ~ 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" |
| recount | | |
| n. (act) | 1. recount | an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election. |
| ~ counting, count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally | the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.; "the counting continued for several hours" |
| v. (communication) | 2. recount | count again.; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" |
| ~ count, numerate, enumerate, number | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
| relate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | make a logical or causal connection.; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" |
| ~ remember | exercise, or have the power of, memory.; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ correlate | bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" |
| ~ identify | conceive of as united or associated.; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" |
| ~ free-associate | associate freely.; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. 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. (communication) | 3. relate | give an account of.; "The witness related the events" |
| ~ recount, narrate, tell, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| v. (stative) | 4. interrelate, relate | be in a relationship with.; "How are these two observations related?" |
| ~ interrelate | place into a mutual relationship.; "I cannot interrelate these two events" |
| ~ predicate | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" |
| ~ tutor | act as a guardian to someone. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ tie in | be in connection with something relevant.; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks" |
| v. (social) | 5. relate | have or establish a relationship to.; "She relates well to her peers" |
| ~ harmonise, harmonize | bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously.; "harmonize the different interests" |
| ~ oblige, obligate, bind, hold | bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ connect | establish a rapport or relationship.; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ mesh | work together in harmony. |
| ~ take back | resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband. |
| ~ get along with, get on, get on with, get along | have smooth relations.; "My boss and I get along very well" |
| ~ bind, bond, attach, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
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