| confer | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. confab, confabulate, confer, consult | have a conference in order to talk something over.; "We conferred about a plan of action" |
| ~ hash out, talk over, discuss | speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion.; "We discussed our household budget" |
| ~ collogue | confer secretly. |
| v. (possession) | 2. bestow, confer | present.; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone" |
| ~ award, present | give, especially as an honor or reward.; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" |
| ~ miter | confer a miter on (a bishop). |
| ~ bless | confer prosperity or happiness on. |
| ~ graduate | confer an academic degree upon.; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" |
| conference | | |
| n. (group) | 1. conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). |
| ~ group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ symposium | a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations. |
| ~ seminar | any meeting for an exchange of ideas. |
| ~ colloquium | an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting. |
| ~ potsdam conference | a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended. |
| ~ yalta conference | a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. |
| ~ conferee | a member of a conference. |
| n. (group) | 2. conference, league | an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members. |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ big league, major league, majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball). |
| ~ bush league, minor league, minors | a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball). |
| ~ baseball league | a league of baseball teams. |
| ~ basketball league | a league of basketball teams. |
| ~ bowling league | a league of bowling teams. |
| ~ football league | a league of football teams. |
| ~ hockey league | a league of hockey teams. |
| ~ ivy league | a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige. |
| ~ class, division | a league ranked by quality.; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" |
| n. (communication) | 3. conference, group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic. |
| ~ give-and-take, discussion, word | an exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" |
| ~ bull session | an informal discussion (usually among men). |
| ~ colloquy | a conversation especially a formal one. |
| ~ consultation | a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question.; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists" |
| ~ consultation, interview, audience | a conference (usually with someone important).; "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" |
| ~ huddle, powwow | (informal) a quick private conference. |
| ~ news conference, press conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity. |
| ~ pretrial, pretrial conference | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases. |
| ~ round-table conference, round table, roundtable | a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views.; "a roundtable on the future of computing" |
| ~ session | a meeting for execution of a group's functions.; "it was the opening session of the legislature" |
| ~ teach-in | an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue. |
| ~ teleconference, teleconferencing | a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television. |
| negotiation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dialogue, negotiation, talks | a discussion intended to produce an agreement.; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" |
| ~ give-and-take, discussion, word | an exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" |
| ~ parley | a negotiation between enemies. |
| ~ diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations | negotiation between nations. |
| ~ bargaining | the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement. |
| ~ collective bargaining | negotiation between an employer and trade union. |
| ~ horse trading | negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining. |
| ~ mediation | a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party. |
| n. (act) | 2. negotiation | the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| sabot | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. sabot, wooden shoe | a shoe carved from a single block of wood. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. clog, geta, patten, sabot | footwear usually with wooden soles. |
| ~ footgear, footwear | covering for a person's feet. |
| deduce | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. deduce, deduct, derive, infer | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ logical system, system of logic, logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ extrapolate | gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| ~ surmise | infer from incomplete evidence. |
| ~ elicit | derive by reason.; "elicit a solution" |
| v. (communication) | 2. deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| know | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. know | the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people.; "he is always in the know" |
| ~ knowing | a clear and certain mental apprehension. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ keep track | keep informed of fully aware.; "I keep track of the stock market developments" |
| ~ know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. know | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| ~ be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what | be well-informed. |
| ~ master, control | have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.; "Do you control these data?" |
| ~ get the hang, master | be or become completely proficient or skilled in.; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ foreknow, foresee, previse, anticipate | realize beforehand. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| ~ taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ live over, relive | experience again, often in the imagination.; "He relived the horrors of war" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. know | have fixed in the mind.; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" |
| ~ have down | have (something) mastered.; "She has the names of the fifty states down pat" |
| v. (contact) | 9. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. know | know the nature or character of.; "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 11. know | be able to distinguish, recognize as being different.; "The child knows right from wrong" |
| ~ differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell | mark as different.; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| negotiate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. negociate, negotiate, talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement.; "They negotiated the sale of the house" |
| ~ arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" |
| ~ renegociate, renegotiate | revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor.; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" |
| ~ hash out, talk over, discuss | speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion.; "We discussed our household budget" |
| ~ bargain, dicker | negotiate the terms of an exchange.; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" |
| ~ broker | act as a broker. |
| v. (motion) | 2. negociate, negotiate | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| understand | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| ~ sense | comprehend.; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter" |
| ~ follow | grasp the meaning.; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" |
| ~ get, catch | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" |
| ~ touch | comprehend.; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" |
| ~ translate, understand, interpret, read | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| ~ read | to hear and understand.; "I read you loud and clear!" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ make out | comprehend.; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying" |
| ~ figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ fathom, penetrate, bottom | come to understand. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. realise, realize, see, understand | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ perceive | become conscious of.; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" |
| ~ take account, appreciate | be fully aware of; realize fully.; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?" |
| ~ envision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ see | see and understand, have a good eye.; "The artist must first learn to see" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. interpret, read, translate, understand | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. infer, understand | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize, understand | be understanding of.; "You don't need to explain--I understand!" |
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