| affirm | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ back up, back | establish as valid or genuine.; "Can you back up your claims?" |
| ~ vouch | give supporting evidence.; "He vouched his words by his deeds" |
| ~ verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| ~ shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ document | support or supply with references.; "Can you document your claims?" |
| ~ validate | prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something. |
| v. (communication) | 2. affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.; "Before God I swear I am innocent" |
| ~ hold | assert or affirm.; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good" |
| ~ claim, take | lay claim to; as of an idea.; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
| ~ attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity.; "I attest this signature" |
| ~ declare | state firmly.; "He declared that he was innocent" |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| ~ protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly.; "The suspect protested his innocence" |
| ~ assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence.; "I tell you that man is a crook!" |
| v. (communication) | 3. affirm | say yes to. |
| ~ claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| ~ reaffirm | affirm once again.; "He reaffirmed his faith in the church" |
| ~ reassert, confirm | strengthen or make more firm.; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account" |
| ~ defend, maintain | state or assert.; "He maintained his innocence" |
| approve | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| ~ authorize, authorise, clear, pass | grant authorization or clearance for.; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" |
| ~ sanction | give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.; "sanctify the marriage" |
| ~ visa | approve officially.; "The list of speakers must be visaed" |
| ~ back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | be behind; approve of.; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
| ~ confirm | support a person for a position.; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. approve | judge to be right or commendable; think well of. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ rubberstamp | approve automatically. |
| sanction | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsement, sanction, warrant | formal and explicit approval.; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ o.k., okay, okeh, okey, ok | an endorsement.; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" |
| ~ visa | an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it. |
| ~ nihil obstat | the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church. |
| n. (act) | 2. sanction | a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards. |
| ~ social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. authorisation, authority, authorization, sanction | official permission or approval.; "authority for the program was renewed several times" |
| ~ permission | approval to do something.; "he asked permission to leave" |
| n. (act) | 4. sanction | the act of final authorization.; "it had the sanction of the church" |
| ~ empowerment, authorisation, authorization | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant. |
| ~ benefit of clergy | sanction by a religious rite.; "they are living together without benefit of clergy" |
| ~ name | by the sanction or authority of.; "halt in the name of the law" |
| ~ nihil obstat | authoritative approval. |
| v. (social) | 5. sanction | give authority or permission to. |
| ~ authorise, empower, authorize | give or delegate power or authority to.; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" |
| v. (communication) | 6. sanction | give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.; "sanctify the marriage" |
| ~ approve, o.k., okay, sanction | give sanction to.; "I approve of his educational policies" |
| second | | |
| n. (time) | 1. s, sec, second | 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. |
| ~ time unit, unit of time | a unit for measuring time periods. |
| ~ min, minute | a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.; "he ran a 4 minute mile" |
| ~ leap second | a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation. |
| ~ millisecond, msec | one thousandth (10^-3) of a second. |
| n. (time) | 2. bit, minute, mo, moment, second | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ blink of an eye, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, heartbeat, flash | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).; "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
| n. (act) | 3. second, second base | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield. |
| ~ position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.; "what position does he play?" |
| ~ baseball team | a team that plays baseball. |
| n. (time) | 4. instant, minute, moment, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ climax, culmination | the decisive moment in a novel or play.; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ eleventh hour, last minute | the latest possible moment.; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" |
| ~ moment of truth | a crucial moment on which much depends. |
| ~ moment of truth | the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull. |
| ~ pinpoint | a very brief moment.; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together" |
| ~ time | a suitable moment.; "it is time to go" |
| ~ psychological moment | the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect. |
| n. (linkdef) | 5. second | following the first in an ordering or series.; "he came in a close second" |
| ~ latter | the second of two or the second mentioned of two.; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. arcsecond, second | a 60th part of a minute of arc.; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here" |
| ~ angular unit | a unit of measurement for angles. |
| ~ arcminute, minute of arc, minute | a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. |
| n. (person) | 7. second | the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match. |
| ~ attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
| n. (communication) | 8. endorsement, indorsement, second, secondment | a speech seconding a motion.; "do I hear a second?" |
| ~ agreement | the verbal act of agreeing. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. second, second gear | the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle.; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill" |
| ~ gear mechanism, gear | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). |
| ~ automotive vehicle, motor vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. irregular, second | merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name. |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| v. (social) | 11. back, endorse, indorse, second | give support or one's approval to.; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" |
| ~ back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | be behind; approve of.; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
| ~ back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" |
| v. (social) | 12. second | transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment.; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas" |
| ~ reassign, transfer | transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. |
| adj. | 13. 2d, 2nd, second | coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude. |
| ~ ordinal | being or denoting a numerical order in a series.; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" |
| adj. | 14. second | a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first.; "second flute"; "the second violins" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| adv. | 15. second, secondly | in the second place.; "second, we must consider the economy" |
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