| access | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. access, accession, admission, admittance, entree | the right to enter. |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| ~ door | anything providing a means of access (or escape).; "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). |
| ~ right | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature.; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (communication) | 4. access, access code | a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.). |
| ~ code | a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy. |
| ~ backdoor, back door | an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. access, memory access | (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information. |
| ~ disk access | memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ operation | (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction).; "it can perform millions of operations per second" |
| n. (act) | 6. access | the act of approaching or entering.; "he gained access to the building" |
| ~ coming, approach, approaching | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ back door, backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position).; "he got his job through the back door" |
| v. (possession) | 7. access | obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ recover, regain, retrieve, find | get or find back; recover the use of.; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" |
| ~ address | access or locate by address. |
| ~ log-in, log in, log on | enter a computer.; "Have you logged in lately?" |
| v. (motion) | 8. access, get at | reach or gain access to.; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| entering | | |
| n. (event) | 1. entering, entrance | a movement into or inward. |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ encroachment, intrusion, invasion | any entry into an area not previously occupied.; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts" |
| n. (act) | 2. entering, entrance, entry, incoming, ingress | the act of entering.; "she made a grand entrance" |
| ~ arrival | the act of arriving at a certain place.; "they awaited her arrival" |
| ~ incursion | the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers).; "the incursion of television into the American living room" |
| ~ intrusion | entrance by force or without permission or welcome. |
| ~ irruption | a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in.; "the recent irruption of bad manners" |
| ~ entree | the act of entering.; "she made a graceful entree into the ballroom" |
| ~ enrollment, enrolment, registration | the act of enrolling. |
| ~ penetration | the act of entering into or through something.; "the penetration of upper management by women" |
| ~ admission, admittance | the act of admitting someone to enter.; "the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic" |
| entry | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. entry | an item inserted in a written record. |
| ~ dictionary entry, lexical entry | the entry in a dictionary of information about a word. |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| ~ nol pros, nolle prosequi | an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed. |
| ~ notebook entry | an entry in a notebook. |
| n. (act) | 2. debut, entry, first appearance, introduction, launching, unveiling | the act of beginning something new.; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" |
| ~ commencement, beginning, start | the act of starting something.; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
| ~ induction | the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time).; "the induction of an anesthetic state" |
| ~ product introduction | the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line. |
| ~ ushering in | the introduction of something new.; "it signalled the ushering in of a new era" |
| ~ naturalisation, naturalization | the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous. |
| n. (possession) | 3. accounting entry, entry, ledger entry | a written record of a commercial transaction. |
| ~ adjusting entry | an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods. |
| ~ credit entry, credit | an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items. |
| ~ debit, debit entry | an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing. |
| ~ accounting system, method of accounting, accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts. |
| n. (communication) | 4. entry, submission | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ filing | the entering of a legal document into the public record.; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ archway, arch | a passageway under a curved masonry construction.; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" |
| ~ doorway, room access, door, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ gateway | an entrance that can be closed by a gate. |
| ~ hatchway, scuttle, opening | an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship. |
| ~ pithead | the entrance to a coal mine. |
| ~ portal | a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically).; "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" |
| ~ porte-cochere | a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard. |
| ~ servant's entrance, service door, service entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse. |
| ~ stage door | an entrance to the backstage area of theater; used by performers and other theater personnel. |
| ~ vomitory | an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium. |
| intake | | |
| n. (act) | 1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| ~ deglutition, swallow, drink | the act of swallowing.; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" |
| ~ suck, sucking, suction | the act of sucking. |
| ~ drinking, imbibing, imbibition | the act of consuming liquids. |
| ~ bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity | an organic process that takes place in the body.; "respiratory activity" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. inlet, intake | an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container. |
| ~ air horn | air intake of a carburetor. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ siamese connection, siamese | an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building. |
| n. (act) | 3. aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation. |
| ~ breath | the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath" |
| ~ gasp, pant | a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.; "she gave a gasp and fainted" |
| ~ drag, pull, puff | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
| inside | | |
| n. (location) | 1. inside, interior | the region that is inside of something. |
| ~ midland | the interior part of a country. |
| ~ midst, thick | the location of something surrounded by other things.; "in the midst of the crowd" |
| ~ penetralia | the innermost parts. |
| ~ region, part | the extended spatial location of something.; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" |
| n. (location) | 2. inside, interior | the inner or enclosed surface of something. |
| ~ belly | the hollow inside of something.; "in the belly of the ship" |
| ~ surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| adj. | 3. inside | relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space.; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter" |
| ~ internal | happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface.; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering" |
| ~ wrong | used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward.; "socks worn wrong side out" |
| adj. | 4. inside | being or applying to the inside of a building.; "an inside wall" |
| ~ interior | situated within or suitable for inside a building.; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows" |
| adj. | 5. inner, inside, privileged | confined to an exclusive group.; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" |
| ~ exclusive | excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority.; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops" |
| adj. | 6. inside | away from the outer edge.; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane" |
| ~ inner | located or occurring within or closer to a center.; "an inner room" |
| adv. | 7. indoors, inside | within a building.; "in winter we play inside" |
| adv. | 8. inside, within | on the inside.; "inside, the car is a mess" |
| adv. | 9. inside, inwardly | with respect to private feelings.; "inwardly, she was raging" |
| adv. | 10. at bottom, at heart, deep down, in spite of appearance, inside | in reality.; "she is very kind at heart" |
| internal | | |
| adj. | 1. internal | happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface.; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering" |
| ~ inner | inside or closer to the inside of the body.; "the inner ear" |
| ~ interior | inside and toward a center.; "interior regions of the earth" |
| ~ internecine | (of conflict) within a group or organization.; "an internecine feud among proxy holders" |
| ~ intrinsic | situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts.; "intrinsic muscles" |
| ~ inside | relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space.; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter" |
| adj. | 2. internal, intragroup | occurring within an institution or community.; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation" |
| ~ intramural | carried on within the bounds of an institution or community.; "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program" |
| adj. | 3. home, interior, internal, national | inside the country.; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" |
| ~ domestic | of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation.; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" |
| adj. | 4. inner, interior, internal | located inward.; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"; "an internal sense of rightousness" |
| ~ inward | relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts.; "a concern with inward reflections" |
| adj. | 5. inner, internal, intimate | innermost or essential.; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" |
| ~ intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature.; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing" |
| within | | |
| content | | |
| n. (group) | 1. content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (communication) | 2. content, message, subject matter, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ body | the central message of a communication.; "the body of the message was short" |
| ~ corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.; "that story was a corker" |
| ~ reminder | a message that helps you remember something.; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ memorial | a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority. |
| ~ latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream. |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ digression, divagation, excursus, aside, parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ drivel, garbage | a worthless message. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ dedication, commitment | a message that makes a pledge. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ disapproval | the expression of disapproval. |
| ~ respects | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.; "he paid his respects to the mayor" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ insertion, interpolation | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ submission, entry | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ narration, narrative, story, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| ~ sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. |
| ~ shocker | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. |
| ~ proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| ~ volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. cognitive content, content, mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action. |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. |
| ~ noumenon, thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception. |
| ~ universe of discourse, universe | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion. |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ wisdom | accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ unbelief, disbelief | a rejection of belief. |
| ~ heresy, unorthodoxy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| ~ acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" |
| ~ ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ metaknowledge | knowledge about knowledge. |
| n. (state) | 6. content, contentedness | the state of being contented with your situation in life.; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. content, depicted object, subject | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. content | make content.; "I am contented" |
| ~ gratify, satisfy | make happy or satisfied. |
| adj. | 10. content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" |
| ~ satisfied | filled with satisfaction.; "a satisfied customer" |
| ~ self-satisfied, smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| come in | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into | to come or go into.; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" |
| ~ take the field | go on the playing field, of a football team. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ re-enter | enter again.; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa" |
| ~ file in | enter by marching in a file. |
| ~ pop in | enter briefly.; "He popped in for two minutes" |
| ~ walk in | enter by walking.; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here" |
| ~ call at, out in | enter a harbor.; "the ship called in Athens" |
| ~ take water | enter the water.; "the wild ducks took water" |
| ~ turn in | make an entrance by turning from a road.; "Turn in after you see the gate" |
| ~ board, get on | get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.). |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| ~ encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade | to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" |
| ~ dock | come into dock.; "the ship docked" |
| v. (motion) | 2. come, come in | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| ~ arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| v. (stative) | 3. come in | come into fashion; become fashionable. |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (communication) | 4. come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in | to insert between other elements.; "She interjected clever remarks" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. come in, come out, place | take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal.; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
| ~ rank | take or have a position relative to others.; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" |
| contain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. comprise, contain, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| v. (stative) | 2. bear, carry, contain, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ retain | hold back within.; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water" |
| ~ hold in, enclose, confine | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| v. (social) | 3. check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| ~ conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, curb, subdue | to put down by force or authority.; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" |
| ~ damp | restrain or discourage.; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" |
| ~ mortify, crucify, subdue | hold within limits and control.; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" |
| ~ abnegate, deny | deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure.; "She denied herself wine and spirits" |
| ~ keep back, restrain, hold back, keep | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| ~ restrict | place under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled" |
| ~ train | cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it.; "train the vine" |
| ~ catch | check oneself during an action.; "She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind" |
| ~ bate | moderate or restrain; lessen the force of.; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" |
| ~ thermostat | control the temperature with a thermostat. |
| ~ countercheck, counteract | oppose or check by a counteraction. |
| v. (stative) | 4. contain | be divisible by.; "24 contains 6" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 5. contain, hold, take | be capable of holding or containing.; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ accommodate, admit, hold | have room for; hold without crowding.; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" |
| v. (competition) | 6. arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" |
| ~ cut down, cut out | intercept (a player). |
| ~ defend | be on the defensive; act against an attack. |
| enter | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. enter, participate | become a participant; be involved in.; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" |
| ~ jump | enter eagerly into.; "He jumped into the game" |
| v. (social) | 2. enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit | register formally as a participant or member.; "The party recruited many new members" |
| ~ muster in, draft, enlist | engage somebody to enter the army. |
| ~ unionise, unionize | recruit for a union or organize into a union.; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" |
| ~ register | enroll to vote.; "register for an election" |
| ~ matriculate | enroll as a student. |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| v. (stative) | 3. enter, figure | be or play a part of or in.; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" |
| ~ 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. (communication) | 4. enter, put down, record | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| ~ recording, transcription | the act of making a record (especially an audio record).; "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" |
| ~ chalk up, tally | keep score, as in games. |
| ~ clock in, clock on, punch in | register one's arrival at work. |
| ~ record, tape | register electronically.; "They recorded her singing" |
| ~ accession | make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library. |
| ~ post | display, as of records in sports games. |
| ~ ring up | to perform and record a sale on a cash register.; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes" |
| ~ manifest | record in a ship's manifest.; "each passenger must be manifested" |
| ~ inscribe | write, engrave, or print as a lasting record. |
| ~ chronicle | record in chronological order; make a historical record. |
| ~ file away, file | place in a container for keeping records.; "File these bills, please" |
| ~ document | record in detail.; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" |
| ~ log | enter into a log, as on ships and planes. |
| ~ clock up, log up | record a distance travelled; on planes and cars. |
| ~ film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something.; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
| ~ videotape, tape | record on videotape. |
| ~ photograph, shoot, snap | record on photographic film.; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" |
| ~ score, mark | make underscoring marks. |
| ~ notch | notch a surface to record something. |
| ~ maintain, keep | maintain by writing regular records.; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ save, preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| ~ book | record a charge in a police register.; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" |
| v. (creation) | 5. enter | come on stage. |
| ~ dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatre | the art of writing and producing plays. |
| ~ act, play, represent | play a role or part.; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" |
| v. (social) | 6. accede, enter | take on duties or office.; "accede to the throne" |
| ~ ascend | become king or queen.; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" |
| ~ take office | assume an office, duty, or title.; "When will the new President take office?" |
| ~ come after, succeed, follow | be the successor (of).; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" |
| v. (contact) | 7. enter, infix, insert, introduce | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ plug in, plug into, connect | plug into an outlet.; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" |
| ~ penetrate | insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.; "Did the molester penetrate the child?" |
| ~ cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate | introduce a cannula or tube into.; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" |
| ~ input | enter (data or a program) into a computer. |
| ~ instil, instill | enter drop by drop.; "instill medication into my eye" |
| ~ embed, imbed, implant, engraft, plant | fix or set securely or deeply.; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" |
| ~ sandwich | insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects.; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" |
| ~ graft, transplant | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient. |
| v. (change) | 8. embark, enter | set out on (an enterprise or subject of study).; "she embarked upon a new career" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| ~ take up | pursue or resume.; "take up a matter for consideration" |
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